Abstract
The Journal is the primary organ of Continuing Paediatric Medical Education in Sri Lanka. The journal also has a website. Free full text access is available for all readers.The Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is now indexed in SciVerse Scopus (Source Record ID 19900193609), Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region (IMSEAR), CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International Global Health Database), DOAJ and is available in Google, as well as Google Scholar.The policies of the journal are modelled on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Guidelines on Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is recognised by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) as a publication following the ICMJE Recommendations.
Highlights
Micronutrient deficiencies have been identified as a global health problem with higher prevalence rates in developing countries
Improving awareness of the mothers about the multiple micronutrient (MMN) supplement and the programme is of paramount importance to make this nutritional programme a success
Knowledge of the mothers regarding MMN supplement Of the 400 mothers 94% had heard about MMN supplement and 87.8% were aware that it contained multiple micro-nutrients essential for the growth and development of their babies
Summary
Micronutrient deficiencies have been identified as a global health problem with higher prevalence rates in developing countries. Micronutrient deficiency (MND) is a global health problem with a high prevalence rate in developing countries[1]. MND causes many problems in brain development, immunity and higher functions of children[3]. Deficiency of iron, vitamin A and iodine together affect around 30% of the world’s population[4]. It is estimated that more than 2 billion have anaemia, around 2 billion have iodine deficiency and around 250 million preschool children have vitamin A deficiency[5]. It is estimated that 7.3% of global burden diseases are caused by MND6. Irondeficiency anaemia (IDA), vitamin A deficiency and iodine deficiency result in 25 million, 18 million and 2.5 million deaths respectively[7]. MND has implications on the economic development and productivity of the country[8]
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